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    Windows 7 BSOD within 120seconds post win startup

    Hello guys! :) I just installed the new Asus GTX 660Ti graphics card and upgraded the driver to the latest version from nVidia. Played couple of high end games at ultra settings without any issue and did shutdown the PC safely. At night , I turned it on again to play but within about 4...
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    Windows 7 2 BSOD's consistent across multiple identical machines

    Hello Everyone, I am brand new to this site so forgive me if I miss a step. I was wondering if someone who is good at debugging dump files could give me a second set of eyes on these 2 I will attach. One BSOD is DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (ntoskrnl.exe) and the other is...
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    Windows 7 Win7 reinstall

    Hi All. I have had win7 on for about 2 months now and I should have replaced the hard drive before I did this but I didn't, so here is the question if I replace the hard drive and reinstall win7, when I go to activate windows will it think it is a copy or will it know I have a genuine copy from...
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    Windows 7 Sudden hanging on "Starting Windows" screen

    I had to upgrade the BIOS of my board in order the get back Virtualization (for some reason it wasn't showing up with the version I was using, that was a known problem). I did the upgrade after the Win 7 clean install on a new drive. Now I am geting random hangs on the "Starting Windows" screen...
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    Windows Vista Failing to install windows 7 (64-bit)

    Hi there, I have recently purchased a few computer parts and upgraded my computer. After putting it together, I switched it on and went to install windows 7 (hardware changes stop me booting my previous installation). (Note: I was previously using this windows 7 on my old mobo etc.) However...
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    Windows 7 Reinstall windows 7, reactivation?

    I recently upgraded windows 7 ultimate x64 from my vista home premium x64, however, the new upgraded win 7 includes too much junk and slows down my laptop a lot. So I would like to do a clean install. My question is: I have already activated my upgraded win 7, so if I reinstall my win 7, would...
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    Windows 7 Dual monitor screen corruption

    I currently have W7 RC in dual boot with XPSP2. My system runs a Geforce 7900GTX (with latest drivers) into two identical Viewsonic VP930 monitors, spanning the desktop with no problems. I have previously dual booted XPSP2 on this sytem with ubuntu and found that ubuntu would handle a spanned...
  8. Windows 7 The Phenoms are coming!

    AMD's latest chip release is scheduled for Jan 2009 and initial results look very promising. A overclock of 4GHz on air is apperently very easy to attain whilst using LN2 will get you over the 6GHz mark.. If you have a AM2+ board chances are that after a bios upgrade these chips will plop...